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1
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What is a thought, urge or image that is intrusive or unwanted?

A

An obsession

2
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What is a repetitive behavior or mental act that an individual feels a drive to perform in response to an obsession?

A

A compulsion

3
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What is the OCD cycle?

A

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4
Q

What aspects of neurobiology are associated with OCD?

A

Frontal subcortical activity (motivations), abnormal basal ganglia connections (routine behaviors) and dysregulation of 5HT, DA and Glu.

5
Q

A 10 year old girl comes to the clinic with rapid onset OCD in the past ten days. What is a possible etiology of her condition?

A

She has PANDAS. This is rapid onset of OCD in kids with a recent group A strep infection and presence of anti-basal ganglia antibodies.

6
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How do you treat patients with OCD?

A

SSRIs, exposure response prevention therapy, surgical capsulotomy.

7
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A woman comes to see you complaining of a messed up nose when her nose looks fine. She constantly obsesses over it and covers her nose whenever someone looks at her. What is your diagnosis?

A

Body dysmorphic disorder. It is a repetitive behavior in response to an obsession with physical appearance.

8
Q

When do you usually see people present with this?

A

Trichotillomania presents around puberty when hair begins to develop in other parts of the body, it tends to regress later in life.

9
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How will this patients disease progress and he get older?

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Hoarding disorder tends to get worse as people get older.

10
Q

What is your diagnosis?

A

Excoriation disorder. This often begins when people get acne and pick at zits.

11
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What conditions are common comorbidities with OCD?

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MDD, anxiety